Carthage vs Southern Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Carthage and Southern Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

Carthage and Southern Pines are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southern Pines has the higher population (16,052 vs 2,840 in Carthage). Southern Pines has the higher median household income ($83,681 vs $62,177 in Carthage). Southern Pines has the higher median home value ($416,300 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Southern Pines
Population	2,840	16,052
Median age	45.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$83,681
Median home value	$194,100	$416,300
Median gross rent	$856	$1,215
Housing units	1,331	8,711
Homeownership rate	81.2%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Southern Pines
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	14,022 → 16,052 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$58,843 → $83,681 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$289,700 → $416,300 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$912 → $1,215 (+33.2%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Southern Pines

Population

14,02216,052

Median household income

$58,843$83,681

Median home value

$289,700$416,300

Median gross rent

$912$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Southern Pines
Under 5	3.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.2%
75 and over	13.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Southern Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	73.9%
Black or African American	16.7%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Southern Pines
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	23.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Southern Pines
Drove alone	71.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	14.1%
Other means	5.8%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Southern Pines
1-unit, detached	71.9%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Southern Pines
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1992	1994